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Bhubaneswar: The state government has notified key amendments to Odisha Town Planning and Improvement Trust (Planning and Building Standards) Rules, 2021 and the Odisha Development Authorities (Planning and Building Standards) Rules, 2020 to facilitate the ease of doing business, official sources said, Wednesday. The Housing...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Wednesday said it was committed to protecting the ‘interest’ of Odisha in the upcoming delimitation exercise and was not concerned about allegations of getting closer to anti-BJP platforms. The remark was made by BJD's eight-time MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress Wednesday announced to gherao Odisha Assembly March 27 to protest rising atrocities against women in the state and also the suspension of party MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati from the House. The party has taken this decision during a meeting held here in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly Wednesday witnessed a heated exchange of words between the opposition BJD and the ruling BJP over alleged ‘disrespect’ to former chief minister Biju Patnaik on his birthday dated March 5. As the treasury bench members, including Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Soumya Sankar Chakra, also known as Raja Chakra, may face arrest in connection with the Gandhamardan mining loading agency corruption case. The Orissa High Court Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of Chakra and four of his alleged accomplices....

Bhubaneswar: More than 13.70 lakh people in Odisha have registered their names to get enrolled in the ration card list, a minister told the state assembly Wednesday. In a written reply to a query by Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Wednesday withdrew restrictions on carrying mobile phones to the press gallery following a boycott by journalists covering the proceedings of the House. The announcement was made by Youth Affairs Minister Suryabanshi Suraj after a meeting between Speaker Surama Padhy and the agitating...

Bhubaneswar: Journalists boycotted the Odisha Assembly proceedings Wednesday over restrictions to carry mobile phones to the press gallery inside the House. Though no official notification has been issued debarring journalists from carrying mobile phones inside the House, the security personnel deployed at the entry gates...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress and BJD Wednesday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the suspension of senior member Taraprasad Bahinipati from the Odisha Assembly. Bahinipati, a senior Congress legislator, was Tuesday suspended from the Assembly for seven days for "misconduct and unruly behaviour" following a scuffle between...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Congress Tuesday said that states like Tamil Nadu and Odisha – that have successfully implemented family planning and reduced total fertility rates in line with the national objective – will be ‘penalised’ as they are likely to lose eight and three Lok Sabha...